Today, the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department (MPD) released body-worn camera footage of the events that led to the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after ...
Today, five former Memphis Police Department officers were charged for their conduct in a brutal assault on Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, who died three days after the attack. Each of the officers have ...
Yesterday, Meta announced it would soon welcome Donald Trump back to its Facebook and Instagram platforms, ending a two-year “suspension” the former U.S. president received after spreading false conspiracy theories about the 2020 elections and ...
Dr. Kesha Moore, Research Manager for the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI), has been selected to the second cohort of the Culture of Health Leaders Institute for Racial Healing (CoHLI), a program ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new proposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule that acts upon the Fair Housing Act’s mandate to ensure fair housing for all Americans. ...
On Wednesday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the New England Innocence Project filed an amicus brief to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Commonwealth v. Dew, calling on the Court to reverse the conviction ...
Today, Wes Moore, former combat veteran, successful author, and CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, will be sworn in as the 63rd governor of Maryland. Moore becomes the state’s first Black governor and the nation’s ...
